June Foray has been one of the most active voice actresses over the past 60 years. She is famous for her voice work as Rocky the Flying Squirrel. Her work with Disney has been profuse as well. Her Disney filmography includes:
Feature Films and Shorts
Cinderella - Lucifer
Lambert the Sheepish Lion - Lambert Lion
(purrs)/Sheep/Mrs. Sheep
Trick or Treat - Witch Hazel
Ben and Me - Lucifer
Peter Pan - Mermaids, Squaw
Various Goofy cartoons - Mrs. Geef
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Wheezy/Lena
Hyena
Redux Riding Hood - Grandma
Mulan - Grandmother Fa
Mulan II - Grandmother Fa
Television shows
Walt Disney anthology series - Grandma
Duck
Disney on Parade - The Evil Queen
Adventures of the Gummi Bears - Grammi
Gummi
Bonkers - Ma Parker
DuckTales - Ma Beagle, Magica De Spell,
Scrooge's mother, Mrs. Featherby
Jeffrey Katzenberg is my 44th choice as a Disney Legend.
Granted he left Disney Studios in a squabble with other executives in 1994.
Still, I go back to the Art Babbitt principle who was named a legend
posthumously. Maybe that will have to happen with Katzenberg as well.
No one can can deny his part in the Disney Renaissance,
taking charge of Disney's motion pictures during a down time and leading it
into its second golden age during the eighties and nineties. The animated films
released during this period include The Little Mermaid (1989), The Rescuers
Down Under (1990), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), The Lion King
(1994), Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997),
Mulan (1998) and Tarzan (1999).
He focused the studio on the production of adult-oriented
comedies through its Touchstone Pictures banner, including films such as Down
and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Three Men and a Baby (1987) and Good Morning,
Vietnam (1987).
After leaving Disney he became part of the formation team of
Dreamworks Studios and has been an active part in many of their successful
films. The thing that hurts Katzenburg's chances of being named a legend is
that he sued Disney Studios over his contract. Katzenberg's lawsuit, which
could have been settled for $90 million, wound up costing Disney nearly $270
million -- not counting tens of millions in legal fees.
So while he may very deserving and was a huge creative and
organizational force behind some of the best Disney movies ever, his chances of
being named a Disney Legend are quite slim at the moment. Still, laying aside
the personal drama, he is a deserving candidate.
Don Lusk was an animator for many years with Disney Studios before leaving to work for Hanna-Barbera and Peanuts. He is still alive as of this writing at age 102. He has been critical of Walt Disney (notably in the PBS mocumentary), and this may keep him from getting this honor. But once again we go to the Art Babbitt factor, who lead a strike against Disney but was eventually named as a legend.
Don Lusk got his professional career started when he was
employed by The Walt Disney Company in 1933. Some of his more notable work
included Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,
Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, Song of the South, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland,
Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp and Sleeping
Beauty.
His other work for Disney included character animation on Farmyard Symphony, How to Fish, Song of the
South, Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time (notably the "Once Upon a Wintertime", "The Legend of Johnny
Appleseed" and "Trees"
segments), So Dear to My Heart, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (notably
"The Wind in the Willows" segment), Lambert the Sheepish Lion, Trick
or Treat, Ben and Me, the Disneyland episodes "The Donald Duck
Story", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", "A Day in the Life
of Donald Duck" and "The Great Cat Family" and One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
